Costs

Funding from both CRIS allows us to offer mouse cryopreservation service for less than the actual cost for strains that are in the public domain, i.e. published, or available to other researchers. The ongoing maintenance costs, e.g. liquid nitrogen, are also supported.

To encourage cryopreservation of unpublished strains a 2 year embargo is permitted on listing on the APB database and distribution to others. At the completion of the 2 years the embargo must be lifted or the depositor must pay for the full cryopreservation costs plus maintenance fee as outlined in the second table below.

The depositor will need to pay for shipping of the mice to the APB node and the caging of the mice until cryopreservation.

The depositor will be required to cover costs associated with breeding mice to produce donor animals for embryo cryopreservation.

All costs are in AUD, are exclusive of GST and are subject to change at any time.

Unrestricted Strains

For strains that are in the public domain, i.e. published, or available to other researchers.

Cost per strain

Includes

Excludes

Basic Fee

$385 +GST

- Consumables individually identified with a unique barcode

- Cryopreservation of 5 mice

- Sample Storage at duplicate locations

- Data Storage

- Quality Control (QC) post thaw microscope analysis of the following parameters:

Concentration

Motility

Progressive Motility

Morphology (Gross defects)

- Cryopreservation report

- Analysis report

- Short term caging at cryopreservation facility when required

- Shipping of animals to the

cryopreservation facility

Quality Assurance

$600 +GST

- Consumables

- IVF

- Report with the following results:

2-cell fertilisation rate

- Genotyping

Restricted Strains

For those strains that are not freely distributable depositors will be charged for the cryopreservation, on going maintenance (a yearly fee) and for shipment.

Cost per strain

Includes

Excludes

Basic Fee

$850 +GST

- Consumables individually identified with a unique barcode

- Cryopreservation

- Sample Storage

- Data storage

- Quality Control (QC) post thaw microscope analysis of the following parameters:

Concentration

Motility

Progressive Motility

Morphology (Gross defects)

- Cryopreservation report

- Analysis report

- Shipping of animals to the

cryopreservation facility

Yearly Maintenance

$125 +GST

- Duplicate storage at 2 locations

Quality Assurance

$850 +GST

- Consumables

- IVF

- Report with the following results:

2-cell fertilisation rate

- Genotyping

Reanimation from Archived Sperm

Please see the Reanimation Page for more information on the reanimation services offered by the APB. (Coming soon)

Cost per Strain

Includes

Excludes

Reanimation

$1680 +GST

- Up to 3 sessions of IVF (per strain)

- Embryo transfers into recipients

- Consumables

- Reanimation Report with the following results:

2-cell fertilisation rate

live born offspring

- Cage costs after 6 weeks of age

- Genotyping

- Health screen

- Shipping costs

Straw

$420 +GST

- Provision of 3 straws of frozen sperm (for re-animation at the facility

of your choice)

- Shipment of straws to the facility of your

choice

- Permits (if applicable)

- Management fee

Embryo Cryopreservation

Requests for Embryo cryopreservation are considered on a case by case basis.